Observations of stratocumulus clouds and their effect on the eastern pacific surface heat budget along 20°S

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 8542-8567

  de Szoeke, Simon P ^a   Yuter, Sandra ^b   Mechem, David ^c   Fairall, Chris W ^d   Burleyson, Casey D ^b   Zuidema, Paquita ^e  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Remote sensing; Sea ocean surface; Ship observations; Stratiform clouds; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CLOUD VERTICAL STRUCTURE; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; DIURNAL CYCLE; EASTERN PACIFIC; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LOCAL TIME; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; PRECIPITATION RADAR; RADIATIVE COOLING; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; STRATIFORM CLOUDS; STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS; SURFACE HEAT BUDGET; SURFACE RADIATION; TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; REMOTE SENSING; SUN; TROPICS;

CLOUDS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; HEAT BUDGET; REMOTE SENSING; STRATIFORM CLOUD; STRATOCUMULUS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84871886156     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00618.1     Document Type: Article

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